ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING A CROHNS DISEASE

Actinomycosis is a slowly progressive chronic granulomatous bacterial infection caused by an anaerobic gram-positive bacillus: Actinomyces Israeli.Thinking about thisdiagnosis in the right iliac fossa uncommonas it usually shows through clinical aspect of acute appendicitis, Crohns disease or even tumor ileocolic region. We report case young female patient admitted for pain and palpable mass, mimicking during laparoscopic exploration, only to conclude its retained diagnosis actinomycosis, after doing ileocecal resection anatomopathological analysis The purpose this focus on different aspects regionwhich can be mistaken at firstand that supposed treated medically antibiotics months, with simple biopsy confirm diagnosissince surgery mutilating.